I'm seeing dots when I close my eyes *lol* Have gone through my stacks of papers and found a ton of DP with dots on when i made this card, as well as dotty embellishments ~ didn't know i had as much! the text reads 'Phone Home!' and I made it in Paint, with an added pooh image font.

To get this 'splatter' watercoloring effect, the Digis was
'dipped' in blobs of Distress Ink (water spritzed all over the worksheet
- see about 1:55 min. into this Tim's video on Youtube) ~
then dried with heat gun, repeated,
and in the end also painted with Distress Inks ~ Tea Dye, Aged Mahogany
& Vintage Photo.. My favourite Tim Holtz colors!

I'm still in Girly colors mode after yesterday ~ and the card I made is for a shoe-shoppaholic relative :) I myself have no idea why women would choose to wear those things willingly, dangerous high heels just waiting to give your feet a world of pain.. ;)

Sorry
about theese photos, for some reason they came out darker than it should and
colors were a little off too ~ will take new pics another day :)

I've created the cool Marilyn Monroe Shoe quote in Paint ~ and also the Barcodes below (freebies!). It's a little work, but you do get your own digital stamps and texts for your cards, so it's well worth the time!

This was a really fun card to make! I chose theese themes beforehand to really challenge myself, and that I did! I think this is the first one-layer, no-designer-paper AND no-embellies card that I've ever done! And in Purple no less ~ a color I was not really a fan of, until now that is! Tim Holtz makes the most lushious colors, and I'm sure going to be using my purples more! :)

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

I have to make a quickie post tonight.. as I haven't got much time to get it in for a challenge, as usual ;) I made a shaker-card to go with a baby book that my sister Silje will get soon in the mail from me. She's not my sister by blood, but of heart ♥ This image fits her perfectly, she's a cheeky one..

She's she sweetest girl I know, but she has an amazing sense of humour wich is a wee bit sadistic... If you stub your toe there will be no end of the cackle laughter! Silje & Ragnar (she's multi-handicapped & Ragnar wich is a baby doll / puppet, follows wherever she goes ~ or rather wheels around) will surely appreciate the voice box on this book... *lol* I'm sure Silje will think it's him who's doin' the laughing :)

I'm bloggin' yet another confirmation easel card tonight, and as one of the challenge blogs calls for ~ this is one of my absolute fave stamps.

But I really can't say that this is my absolute #1. stamp.. for that I have waaay to many stamps, (will never be enough either!) and lots of favourites among them.. A second fave of mine is the Magnolia swirly background stamp that I use on more than half my cards, like this one! I have had to change the foam twice already, wich is an anomali ~ I never have had to do that with any other stamp :)

Check out the 'Confirmation' tag to see previous cards with 'Single Steven'. And don't forget to enter my Blogcandy before the 17th. if u haven't already!!! :)

I'm entering my card at theese challenge blogs:

CES #85. ~ Anything Goes .. sad to see the end of this blog & shop! :(

Edges are distressed with Distress Ink 'Tea Dye',
and the Image is painted with the Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers as well as DI pads. Ranger Archival Ink - Jet black and Sepia inkpads to stamp the motifs.

This easel card was made as a comissoned card for a boys confirmation day last Friday, given from one of my brothers girlfriend & their family ~ and I've been told it was a hit.. So I'm very satisfied with the outcome, but all credit goes to theese awesome stamps ~ my favourites to use on male confirmation cards! :) I've used this one, 'Steven' before on cards (check out the 'Confirmation' tag to see previous cards), and while I was at it I colored in some more images of the same ~ so there will be more soon!

Embellishments: Waxed Linen thread from Panduro Hobby. Nille Memories paperclip. Ribbon is a reuse from a jumper, heart charm unknown. Black craft foam (mosegummi) used to raise the 3D elements This is a great tip ~ to use foam with tape instead of using up all those small expensive square dots!

The Millionaire/Monopoly money bill is from a trashed game where I kept the money ~ wich is great for explaining where to put the moneygift!

This box is made entirely freehand, using a cool reeeeally old paper, more than 5 yrs I think ~ and I've no idea who produced it (great quality!). Since I winged it on the measurements.. the lid had to be cut down with scissors to fit the text already stamped on... leaving jagged edges.. so the ribbon is mostly for covering up! *lol* :)